Kings Dominion Review | Doswell, Virginia Amusement Park
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Kings Dominion is a large amusement park in central Virginia, home to some awesome rides such as Intimidator 305 and Twisted Timbers! This is our full in depth review of the park, based off of the many different experiences we've had going here!
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I would have thought Disney was only going to advertise a video if it had anything to do with their parks.
@@MasonThatWeirdGuy shut up
As someone whos family has gone to this park since the early 2000's, its strange the emotional attachment we have to this park. Its a shame that we have gotten somewhat unlucky with our ride removals, but at the same time weve been so blessed with our additions. Bias aside, TT and i305 IS FOR SURE the best 1 -2 punch
Hey, do you know if GoPros with a chest mount are allowed at Kings Dominion? Haven’t been able to find the answer aha
@@aleenacannon4380 Its weird, sometimes they dont say anything, but its technically against the rules
I never minded andaconda mostly cause the line wasn't that long. I remember going on a slight rainy day and we may have rode it 3 or 4 times in a row
Its because its the ONLY kjngs dominion to exist. Its ONLY in virgina. Its made by the company who made bush gardens but why did they make only one…
I've always found it amazing how creative the Kings Island/Dominion design team was. Disneyland's enters through a "Main Street USA" with a stereotype of an American midwestern town, with a castle at the end acting as the wienee to draw people in. Kings Island/Dominion has an "international street" with the Eiffel Tower acting as the wieene to draw people in.
Volcano was amazing and I've heard KD didn't want to close it, but they had no choice. They couldn't find parts for it bc it was so unique. Also, they added so much to the waterpark this year. The HUGE waterhouse/playhouse, the kiddie pool, and tons of smaller waterslides. It looks amazing. It's in the area where the second wave pool used to be and they did an excellent job with it. They added a food truck area with lots of seating and food options where the smaller playhouse/waterhouse used to be.
“If Anaconda closed tomorrow I’d throw a party”-Taylor Bybee 2022
His hatred is just SO unnatural. Why is it? The layout’s not that great, i get it, but I still think it’s pretty fun
@@RockyandTuck It’s not fun at all
@@RockyandTuck no it's not. It's so boring, lackluster, to the point I'd rather ride mind eraser at six flags America than anaconda.
I like the beginning and the end of Anaconda, the middle section is awful though.
Imagine it closed tomorrow biggest party of the year
I live in Chicago and the last time I took a trip out that way was the year before Volcano opened...The reason for the trip was that was the year that Alpengeist opened...We spent two days at King's Dominion and two days at Busch Gardens...I'll never forget that trip, it was incredible!! 👍🙏
Kings Dominion is my second home park, and has always been the talk of those in the DMV as the prime amusement park. While I don’t get over to this park very often, I’m sure that’ll change when I get my drivers license because this place looks miles better than I expected it to. Cedar Fair may have removed a lot of rides, but they really do focus on the quality over the quantity here.
I only visited this park once and that was in the Summer of last year and honestly, everything was as perfect as it could’ve been. The staff were good, the rides were awesome and I was most surprised by how charming the park was. It’s a really chill and relaxing atmosphere and I really loved it. I hope Cedar Fair continues to pour more money into this park as that one day I visited was one of the greatest days I ever spent at a theme park.
It use to be better.
KD is my home park as well. I’ve been going ever since I was like 3 years old and it was run by Paramount. I agree entirely, it’s like night and day with how much they’ve improved the look. It did used to have a reputation of being a bit sketchy but nowadays it’s much improved.
I’m hopeful for more design changes, as you mentioned the front gate could use love, as can that back section with i305.
Im surprised you didn’t mention Dominator or Wind Seeker. Both are pretty big rides. Maybe a cool fact to have mentioned was the KD has 4 attractions over 300 feet.
Thanks for making the vid it was a ton of fun to watch my home park get some love from you. It’s well deserved
Do you know if GoPros with a chest mount are allowed there? Haven’t been able to find the answer aha
My FAVORITE coaster park!!! I've been on 76 coasters across many parks, but this one was the most gorgeous, wonderful experience I ever had. Also has the BEST one two punch of any park I've visited, 305 and Twisted Timbers are in my top 10. 🔥
Awesome review as always. Carpenter here, and one school of thought is to let pressure treated lumber sit for a year so the chemicals evaporate before the paint traps them in and rots the wood.
I have always been fine with waiting 3 months, but maybe they are playing it safe on the racer.
Looking forward to our visit here next week!
I feel very lucky to call Kings Dominion my home park (along with BGW). I agree with many points that were discussed here. The atmosphere has massively improved over the past decade, along with the food and events. A lot of the rides here are still some of my favorites even though some are tame, including Backlot and Boo Blasters. I also feel very lucky to live only 20 minutes away from Intimidator 305 and Twisted Timbers, which I consider some of the greatest roller coasters ever built. Overall, I would highly recommend to anyone that they plan a visit as soon as possible. I have a lot of memories with this park, and I still have a lot more to make throughout the rest of my life. Thank you, Taylor, for giving everyone your thoughts on Kings Dominion. I hope the park gets more attention because of it.
I’m probably heading here in a few weeks to get rerides on I 305 and Twisted Timbers. You are 100% correct on the past of this park being night and day, I haven’t experienced jungle expedition yet, but I’m sure I’ll enjoy. My 2021 visit was incomparable to my 2016 and 2014 visits.
One of my fondest memories at Kings Dominion was visiting during Fright Fest in 2005. A friend and I got on the Antique cars, which was converted to a Scare Zone and a guy jumped onto the side of the car with a fake chain saw and began to scream. My friend TJ never wanted to go to KD again after that trip XD.
KD used to be my home park, and I have to say the best time to go is in october. The halloween event is awesome and the changing leaves in this heavily wooded park make it spectacular.
as someone who works at the park currently I can confirm that some of the events are a lot of fun even to work, and not only because during haunt everyone got bumped up to 20/hr. I work in games and its suffering to do my actual job but fun to talk with guests. If you see someone at the park shouting on the microphone about trash anime t-shirt choices that's probably me.
also the best part of haunt was learning the names of the monsters including the guy who had a megaphone "his name was alex" So that whenever people came to games for shelter from haunt monsters I would shout "HEY ALEX THEY'RE OVER HERE!!!!!!!!!" and watch them scatter.
I agree with you on Anaconda. I personally Closed the coaster for a while because my restraints came fully loose on the first drop. If it wasn't for the seatbelt, my restraints would've fully opened, and I probably would've flown out. It was pretty sketchy
I was just there on the 21st, having trekked out over four hours from near Philly to get there. Twisted Timbers is always lit, huge favorite of mine, and I hit up Intimidator 305 again and it was more enjoyable than I remembered that one time. In fact I wanted to get a back row ride later on but I never got to because it shut down early evening. But I also adored the live shows (no Tower 9 though), and the Jungle X-pedition area was really cool in and of itself. The park was much more refurbished it felt than when I went last year. I was glad I made a return!
My family took me their in the mid to late 70's, I've got pictures of me standing infront of the fountain when I was 5 years old. I just turned 53 this past April.
So K.Dominion holds a special place in my heart as well.
I remember they use to have this house you would walk through, and each room was done in some kind of optical illusion. I remember to exit the last room the floor was at a complete tilted angle, I loved going through that house.
I need more time at this park. I only had 1 day in 2021, and not even a full day at that. The crowds were so massive that every coaster had at least a 30-45 minute wait. Yep, even Grizzly, I305 and even Anaconda! I missed out on Anaconda, both sides of Racer 75, and the kid coasters
Really? Wow
@@dejaweja208 yup. It was slammed. Anaconda even had a line almost to the entrance
Wow that sucks 😥
you didn't miss anything with anaconda
@@francisguyman3819 I’ve ridden several Arrow loopers and I don’t mind them since my head clears the shoulder harnesses. Heck, I don’t even find Ninja at my home park of Six Flags St. Louis to be bad these days for the same reason, so I think I would be fine on Anaconda
As a child of Kings dominion, I’m almost 22 now. I do miss when kings dominion had my Rugrats cars ride, and when they had all my scoobydoo themed rides 🥺. I went back in 2019 after like 7 years from not going and it was super lack lustre 🥺
It’s a gorgeous park with all the trees and landscaping. The park is surrounded by VA woodlands and hasn’t been encroached upon by development like KI, Carowinds and Canadas Wonderland. That makes it even more special.
International Street Is the most beautiful entrance of any park. Kings Island has better coasters but it’s a barren drab park compared to KD.
The ugly parts of KD are actually leftovers from Paramount and even KECO. The go karts, sky coaster, back lot coaster, the front water park in the hole, and the FoF area. These areas are the only things holding the park back from being more beautiful than Busch Gardens through the entire park. BG has no area that even compares to I Street so I believe KD will surpass BG by far if these leftover Paramount/KD areas are cleaned up and rethemed.
What they just did with Jungle X to make it cohesively and detailed themed is incredible. They went the extra mile and rethemed older attractions. Hopefully they will correct those flawed areas in the future with the same level of detail. Area 75 anyone?
One negative factor of the park is the lack of real family rides (train, monorail, skyway, quality dark rides-slow rides that everyone can ride together.). If you bring a non thrill riding adult there, there is little for them to do. The Park had these rides at one time but Paramount removed them. That’s one area to Busch Gardens definitely excels in.
The other area where BG. excels is that they have more sit down entertainment venues (although BG continues to cut their live entertainment quality). Too much stand up entertainment at KD in the hot sun.
I agree the water park should be in the back. It’s really nice there are surrounded by trees. The front part of the waterpark just feels crammed and dated. However I think they should return Lake Charles to its former glory with that land
The only issue I have with operations is the way the run Racer 75. It’s such a great racing coaster with its synchronized lift hill but they hardly ever run both sides to save a few dollars in payroll. There aren’t that many racing coasters left in the world and they have a unique experience that they don’t allow the customers to experience. And it definitely needs some paint like KI Racer revived. Maybe for its 50th? Just be thankful they didn’t thunder Road it.
I feel the same thing with about Racer 75 with American Eagle but even more for American Eagle cause that's a better ride and they still don't race it.
@@maxhagenauer24 I LOOOOOVED American Eagle when it raced. Its my favorite roller coaster when it does. I haven't been back to Great America for about 5 years just because they quit maintaining it so they can race it. It's really a statement of how poorly that park is run and maintained IMO.
The Waterpark is split because the back section was added way later. Hell the front Waterpark wasn't there when I was a kid, but there were a few tube slided, step raft slides and a kids rope maze thingy, And they had diamond falls close to that.
9:47…In the Extremely underrated 70’s Thriller movie, ROLLERCOASTER which was partly filmed at Kings Dominion, they actually feature the singing mushrooms and I saw that movie so many times I can STILL hear them singing, “Hello to Yogi, Hello to Boo Boo, Hello to Scooby Doo…Barney and Fred say Hi…” (to the tune of “Hello my Baby, hello my honey, hello my Ragtime Gal”)
Rebel yell and lumber company were in the movie.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollercoaster_(1977_film)
I've been here twice and I absolutely love this park. I also didn't know they had a rapids ride.
I’ve been to KD twice now: once when I305 opened, and about a month ago during my LONG OVERDUE trip to BGW. As a Cincinnati native, there’s plenty of ways to compare and contrast to my home park, but KD has ALOT of charm. Not enough that I’m too eager to return, but I loved what they did with Jungle Xpedition, and I305 is one of my favorite steel coasters….
Do you know if GoPros with a chest mount are allowed there? Haven’t been able to find the answer aha
Just went there for my birthday. Absolutely love KD. I305 is amazing and Twisted Timbers is an absolutely astounding RMC.
I was just there. Only day it was crowded was Sat. My kids loved it. On Sun the only reason we ever waited was because my son and I only wanted front row seats on every coaster in a day.
Carnival was awesome and sooo many shows going on. I 305 was great. Twisted Timbers was so smooth.
I remember my family planning a trip to Kings Dominion from NJ. During the weeks leading up, my cousin and I were so hyped to be able to ride Hypersonic XLC. It was literally all we could talk about for days. When we finally got to ride it, it was amazing. I think we ended up riding it 3 or 4 times that day. Haven't been back to the park since 2007, but I would love to visit again
Even though most would consider BGW to objectively be the better park, I just find that I have a better time at KD.
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You mentioned the trees at KD and KI. I have been a KI visitor since 1988, and the lack of shade from the heat was a major reason why I stopped going to for years. Nothing was more relaxing than sitting under the trees and eating Larosa's Pizza while watching the fountain. Management needs to realize than chilling out is just as important as thrills.
15:30 I feel the same way about California’s Great America. They’ve really gone great lengths to make the park nicer since I started going a decade ago, including adding a bunch of new rides, repainting/renovating vintage flat rides, paving over ugly asphalt with bricks and adding planters/flowers, painting rides/buildings, adding new restaurants, restoring old music, reintroducing the theming on The Demon and building a brand new, well-themed water park. It’s a shame what’s going to happen to it within the next decade but as of now it’s easily an upper-mid tier Cedar Fair park.
You didn't talk about Dominator! I liked this park but think it has room for improvement. For one, after I305, Twisted Timbers, and Dominator there is a huge drop off in quality of their coasters.
i really hope the front entrance and the i305 area are next on the update list. i definitely think they’re coming eventually as it seems KD is really trying to create more distinct lands with candy apple grove and jungle xpedition
Loved seeing this. Sorry I'm watching from the account of a loved one lately...but ... I remember Kings Dominion way back when and I'd love to go back some day. I actually remember I ride through that safari when it opened the year I turned 6 and have a "family story" I tell occasionally about my dad being a rule breaker and l, like me, not afraid afraid of much of anything. I moved away from central VA when I was 12 (1982) and I haven't been there since. So yeah, truly a unique kind of fun to see what the park looks like now!
Been going to KD since the late '70s. I haven't been to since the last season with Volcano. Fortunately, my son and I got two rides on it. Had we known it was going to get removed, we would have ridden it more. I'll stick with Hershey until they replace it.
Glad to see it being a full theme park again. Just wish it was much much closer to DC. Also they need more diverse coasters or add some original dark rides.
When Rebel Yell/Racer 75 used to run one side backwards, that was total heaven. (I'm obviously not mad about Twisted Timbers coming in though!)
I remember doing the rebel yell backwards and I couldn't breathe by the end I see why they changed It I had no air in my lungs from having the wind knocked out of me it was so rough.
My home park is Kings Island, but I like Kings Dominion more. KD has so much charm and an overall better atmosphere. The one-two punch of I305 and TT is also hard to beat.
As a DC native KD will always have a special place in my heart. Been going since the late 70s as a kid. Still going to this day along with my kids, it’s so awesome that my kids are coaster enthusiasts like me. I miss Volcano so much but I305 is a great coaster also. Also if you have like 3 days to spare you can go to Busch Gardens Williamsburg lots of good coasters there also.
KIngs Dominion was my home park when I was a kid in the 1970s. I was not into thrill rides at the time, and even then, the park's ride lineup was heavily thrill-oriented, to the point that I didn't like it as much as Hersheypark or Busch Gardens Williamsburg--there was less there for me, and while there was some nice theming especially in the International Street area, it was less of an experience to just be there. But I liked the Eiffel Tower and the Lion Country Safari Monorail (yes, they had a safari park back then--I think the drive-through was a separate admission but there was a Von Roll monorail from the theme park that went through it). I remember riding the original kiddie dark ride in The Lost World, "The Land of Dooz" (before it was Smurf Mountain).
...The other thing I remember is getting rained on a lot--the science of weather prediction was not as advanced in those days. Lots of running around in hastily bought rain ponchos to get to a covered show or something, while torrents of rain poured down and thunder boomed all over.
they need to bring volcano back
I worked Cedar Fair California’s Great America so I'm excited to visit Kings Dominion.
As a kid in the 80s and early 90s, this still has emotional connection and I consider best theme park ever, lol. There was a Scooby Doo coaster, berserker I remember finally being tall enough to ride. So many memories then😅
Thank you very much. I and some relatives are planning a trip to Kings Dominion (Just after my Finals week.) This will be my first time to the park and staying overnight in Virginia. You've given me a lot to look out for. Thank you so much.
Kings Dominion is my favorite Cedar Fair park! I would love to live nearby and visit more often. I have had more fun at Kings Dominion than any other Cedar Fair park, and that's all that matters, so it's my favorite. I do love the look and feel of the park. Busch Gardens Williamsburg is great, but KD also rules Virginia in my book.
7:00 seeing Grizzly sway like that as a train goes by reminds me of the old Rattler lol.
I had a friend who's parents worked at Phillips Morris and once a year they would shut down the park to the public for employees appreciation day. They gave us their family tickets and it came with meal vouchers too. Never had to wait in line unless it was a new ride. Sadly Volcano would still break down. And the hate for anaconda? I love that ride! You can stay in the car when it returns and go again! Always empty it seems! 😂
Very good video. I have been going to Kings Dominion since the 1980's much has changed over the years. The Volcano will always be my favorite ride. Hypersonic was just ok it would have been a good experience...Storm Runner at Hershey Park is a much more complete ride. As a Cedar Fair Platinum Pass Holder I will enjoy Kings Dominion until they close for the season. Keep up the good work!
Kings Dominion has a great spot in my heart. My favorite ride is the Dominator. It's just so smooth. I am glad to have experienced both Hypersonic XLC and Volcano before they closed. Both insanely unique rides found (almost) nowhere else in the world.
R.I.P. VOLCANO 🌋
Kings Dominion is the only amusement park i went to in my whole life its my favorite and always wll be my favorite park
You would see one train ops at Kings Island with Invertigo
First. Great review Taylor! Definitely one of the best cedar fair parks!
You haven’t even watched the vido yet
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@@lukerisko7601 didn’t watch the ENTIRE video lol. Just skipped to the end.
Just visited for the first time on Saturday. Had a blast!
Nice review. No love for Dominator though?😄 I hope I get back soon to ride their drop tower.
Visited for the first time in May and it’s one of my favorite parks!
We need a new one for kings island
Was just there on Mon. Worth the 4.5 hr drive, and I305 and TT are definitely one of my favorite coasters now. The view from the Eiffel tower was excellent too.
I just went to KD for my first time last week and it was great! KI is my home park so it was cool to see all the similarities, I think KD is so beautiful and I had an amazing time, the food was so good
Even though the closest park to my house is Six Flags America, I consider Kings Dominion to be my "home park. It's the park I've visited the most just in front of Hershey park and Busch Gardens, and many memories have been made here. As I kid, I remember getting lost in Soak City (Then called waterworks), and getting a rollback on my first ever ride on Volcano. I was initially sad when Paramount left and Cedar fair changed a number of things(especially when Nickelodeon left), but when stuff like Dominator and i305 were added, I quickly learned to like the new owners. While investment in the park slowed a little bit in the mid 2010s, that seems to be changing with Twisted Timbers and Jungle Expedition, which is great news.
I haven't visited the park since 2019, and that was I really cursed day. Rides breaking down left and right, Boo Blasters shut down mid-ride, Volcano was gone, and I lost my wallet on i305. almost lost my phone, but I caught it before it ran off. Ironically, after that ride, i305 closed for the rest of the day. But I've been to the park often enough to know that this is an anomaly and not the way the park normally runs. This is why you'll want use Zippered pocket pants! (or the lockers if you're on Twisted Timbers.)
But yeah, I should go back to the park soon and see what Jungle Expedition is all about. Tumbili may be a Free Spin, but it looks like the best free spin ever built, and whatever replaces Volcano's plot will undoubtedly be good.
I’m headed out there late august! I’m excited now!
I grew up in KC - Love the Worlds of Fun shoutout!
Just rode Racer 75 and it was really rough, and Grizzly felt like it was coming apart--like I was being jack hammered in my seat. On Racer 75, one lady complained that her retraints wouldn't lock and she was forced to stand up during the drops.
I just went here the first time on June 30 last week. I didn’t mind anaconda and i305 and Twisted Timbers are fire rides! The park was beautiful but I feel like it didn’t have enough rides for older people like my aunt and uncle when we were there. It was a great experience, however.
Over the last decade or so, not every year, but a lot of them, me and a small group of friends will go visit the park sometime in May. Even on the weekends, the lines are so incredibly short, or just non existent, that you end up going on coaster after coaster after coaster. You actually get tired of it. So as long as you go before school is out, it's not crowded at al.
Going for the first time tomorrow, and this got me super excited
I haven't gone to the park in a few years, I'm not a roller coaster person, but I still love amusement parks. Seeing this, I hope I get to go sometime soon!
Kings dominion should get railblazer
We need a new Intimidator 305 cinematic off-ride video
We used to ride grizzly over and over around closing time. Best ride in the park
I’m planning on going on a Saturday in August. What crowds can I expect and which rides can I skip? I’m not too picky about credits.
This park looks awesome, I can't wait to visit!
Agree its way better for Halloween then busch gardens was very surprised.
Right where you said they could add a bathroom was where I figure they could put an entry to whatever replaces Volcano. My thinking is that instead of a new ride as part of Jungle Xpedition, they could put the entry there, theme is in with Flight of Fear and tie it in with Area 72 concept. They could also remove Anaconda and put something else there. And then that area might start to feel more cohesive.
Were literally going to go in like a week so this video was useful
We are going for the first time today!
Looks beautiful cant wait to visit. Would love to do an east coast coaster trip and knock out sfbe, gadv, kings dominion, busch gardens, etcetc
Ironically, the area at Kings Island that needs a bathroom the most is also next to their Flight of Fear.
Kings Dominion is certainly one of my favorite Cedar Fair parks, although I prefer BGW in the same state due to how beautiful that park is. Kings Dominion has a better ride lineup though.
Man. I miss going to that park. I haven’t been to KD since 11 years. (Since i305 existed) I always wanted to ride Twisted Timbers.
While I was on White Water Canyon a month ago, apparently the ride was getting stopped halfway through because one of the ride ops was smoking weed. That was very interesting, especially because that meant we were going extra slow through the horrifying lumber mill at the end.
That person certainly got fired
Grizzly is lowkey the best wooden coaster I’ve ever been on
It is truly and amazing park! I can’t wait to see what they put in place of volcano! I’m sure it will be something great!
I will always love Kings Dominion!!!
They are now year-round on the weekends
I was thinking about the bathroom situation so much when I was there last. Mainly because it was hot as heck and I was trying marathon I305 and had to walk 2 miles every time I wanted water. Lol
Kings Dominion is my home park and it is amazing. However, when they replace Volcano they should put in a Vekoma Suspended Thrill Coaster. This would give the park a coaster under the track and with inversions. While a B&M Invert would be perfect that will not happen because of Alpengeist at Busch Gardens. This also would be the first Vekoma STC in America which would make it marketable. If not that then a S&S Air Launch coaster like Maxx Force as a tribute to Hypersonic XLC would be cool.
I'm going there on August 1st. Do you think I'll need a Fast Lane pass ?
I havnt been there since the 90s I didn't know the sky ride was gone what a bummer
still not been to this park - will get here 1 day...
This is also my home park (along with bg, but i prefer kd so i go there more often), and i do agree with the fact that they have so much space to do stuff with and its sad that there just isnt a whole lot going on in places where there could be an entire candy apple grove sized section. If they just scrapped Anaconda and Grizzly, they could fit in at least 5-10 more rides including 2 or 3 potentially world-class coasters. If Cedar Fair could just see the potential of the park, which pulls in so many people all the way from the DMV area, we could really have a top 3 cedar fair park.
I went to Kings Dominion again like a week ago and for the 1st time in 2 years I saw that the Subway was open.
Do most people combine the water park and dry park in one day or does it need to be split into two separate days?
Grew up in Norfolk & Kings Dominion has never not been a great time. Sad that I never got to ride the Volcano but lookin forward to the new additions, & can’t wait to take my kids
God willing in a couple more years I'll be planning a full week with my family to both Kings Dominion and Busch Gardens WB to get a full experience of both parks.
It sounds like a joke when this was the ride to talk about 30 years ago. 😂 so rough but it’s old I understand
Missing Volcano…can’t wait to see what happens next.
NO.... we neeed a gate keeper. and more events year round at KD. Maybe a nightly talent show or stunt show would be cool at the front gate too ,. always could use more fireworks out here . maybe some comets shot off the eiffel tower at closing time would be pretty cool.